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January 5, 2006
Party crasher |
Mother Nature rings in New Year
with a roar
By Kymberli W. Brady
Staff Writer
While 2005 ended with the traditional countdown, cheers and toasts, Mother Nature crashed Saturday’s New Year festivities in ways only she could, leaving Bay Area residents cleaning up after her and making the national news.
Record rainfall from a warm “Pineapple Express” series of storms resulted in a number of problems, including a breeched Solano County Levee on the Sacramento River, mudslides from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz, and an overflowing Russian River that left Napa and Guerneville residents flooded out of their homes. Read more...
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Leland High graduate Ankur Bhatt lands part
on NBC’s ‘E-Ring’
By Jeanne Carbone Lewis
Staff Writer
Ankur Bhatt is pursuing his dream of Hollywood stardom. But as the handsome thespian eyes success, he has his feet planted firmly on the ground.
Bhatt recently landed a three-episode part on NBC’s “E-Ring,” a role that may indeed be his “big break” in a business that is known for littering the sidewalks of Hollywood with castoffs. He plays Javed Bakar, a Pakistani American civilian who works for the Defense Intelligence Read more...
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